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Recording locations

Performers

Recordist

BBC; National Geographic and Fiji Broadcasting Commission

Speakers

Roth, George Kingsley, 1903-1960, (speaker, male)

Description

These are copies of recordings of a Tongan nose flute made by the BBC (disc 20468) and National Geographic made in Nuku'alofa, Tonga in December 1953. They are followed by a recording of a Fijian nose flute played by 74 year old Marika Tivitivi in Suva, July 1957. Lastly, there are three examples of Fijian shell trumpets recorded in 1955 and 1957.

Metadata record:

Nose flutes and shell trumpets

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